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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in Washington

2 Colleges
$41,095 Avg Salary
$18,202 Avg Student Debt

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 5th in Washington. In fact, 621 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Public Health Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which online programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Health Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Washington Institute of Technology the most popular online school in Washington for public health students. LWTech is a small public school located in the large suburb of Kirkland.

Read full report on Public Health at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Washington University is a great place for public health students pursuing an online degree. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a large student population.

On average, public health graduates from CWU take out $21,999 in student loans while working on their degree.

Full Public Health at Central Washington University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 596
California 5,024
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

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Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,272
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 43

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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